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Friday 22 November 2019

FOR THE MONEY AND THE FEW

This season sees the lift company "revolutionising its ski pass" set-up.

It involves the depressing prospect of "priority lanes" around the resort.  Which takes us some way from the idea of skiing for the masses which powered the development of Les Arcs and its neighbours in the 1960s and 1970s.

There will also be an express route for skiers wanting to access the Aiguille Rouge cable car.  In principle this may not be a such bad idea as it gets so packed, even out of high season, that some kind of rationing is probably needed.

The general idea seems to be to persuade people to buy the full Paradiski pass rather than (as most skiers do) just getting a Les Arcs/Peisey Vallandry ticket.  In recent years, those buying a 3 day pass have been given rights to have a day in La Plagne as part of the deal.  That seems to have gone.

The executive option doesn't look worth the extra unless you are a keen swimmer or sledging fan.

For more details see the Les Arcs press pack.

2 comments:

  1. The 2019-2020 ski pass setup isn't user-friendly with the average skier. I was planning to have a ski holiday trip with a group of fellow ski instructors, but we might have to reconsider. Thanks for publishing the ski pass pricing.

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  2. Thanks for the info. Already bought passes though Odalys Edenarc at booking and prices shows these are just classic passes, hopefully the priority passes wont be too prominent.

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